You must be really upset.... then
The first Covid-19 aid package, which was signed into law by then-President Donald Trump, gave USDA the authority to waive a slew of regulations, allowing schools for the first time to serve free meals to all students, regardless of income. That authority is now set to expire on June 30
Democrats and a long list of school groups are pointing at Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell for taking a hardline stance against extending the waivers.
“I’m shocked and devastated,” said Danielle Bock, director of nutrition services for the Greeley-Evans School District 6 in Weld County, Colo. “I’m just very much reeling from the idea, if you’ll forgive me, that one person gets to determine whether or not 30 million hungry kids in this country have access to school meals.”
So how about those free meals, now?